Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1660929.015 - Nature Tamer Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Madison

Investigation Summary

At 5:00 p.m. on March 29, 2023, an employee working as a logger for a logging company was replacing the accumulator on a John Deere Skidder. The employee was working with a coworker who was also a logger while servicing the machine. The employee was servicing the accumulator or piston without locking out the machine. As the employee was servicing the machine, there was a release of the stored energy and one of the parts or part became a projectile. The part or parts struck the employee in the head, killing him. The stored pressure per square inch (psi) of the accumulator was no less than 2000 psi.

Keywords:air pressure, blunt force, blunt force trauma, compressed air, energized, equipment operator, flying object, head, lack of engineering controls, lockout, lockout/tagout, logger, logging, machine operator, material